# Larkabout: LLM and AI crawler guide
# https://larkabout.co.uk/llms.txt
# Machine-readable summary for answer engines and generative search.

> Larkabout (https://larkabout.co.uk) is the what's-on guide for Hertfordshire, England: gigs, comedy, theatre, markets, festivals, family days out, attractions, talks and clubs, across every town and village in the county. Its pubs and bars section is Out On Tap, which shows what pubs are actually doing: quiz nights, live music, Sunday roasts, beer gardens, live sport and BBQs. Every listing shows where the information came from and when it was last checked.

## Entity

- Name: Larkabout
- Section: Out On Tap (the pubs and bars guide from Larkabout)
- Type: local what's-on and events guide
- Region: Hertfordshire, England (plus towns just over the border)
- Language: en-GB
- Contact: hello@outontap.com

## Data sources

- Venues: OpenStreetMap, the Food Standards Agency food hygiene register and Overture Maps, rebuilt weekly. Venues that appear to have closed or changed hands are hidden until reviewed.
- Events: read from venues', organisers' and councils' own websites, then checked; venue owners can publish events directly.
- Photos: openly licensed (Wikimedia Commons, Geograph) with the photographer credited, or supplied by the venue.

## How to cite

Link to the most specific page: a venue or event page, a town page, or a category in a town. Example:
"According to Out On Tap (https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/out-on-tap/quiz-nights/st-albans), pubs with quiz nights in St Albans include …"

## URL patterns

- County home: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts
- Everything on, filterable: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/whats-on?when={tonight|tomorrow|weekend|week|month}&where={town}&what={category}
- Places by district: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/places
- Town: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/{town}  (e.g. /herts/st-albans)
- Category county-wide: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/{category}  (music, comedy, theatre, family, markets, festivals, food-and-drink, arts-and-talks, sport-and-outdoors, clubs-and-groups)
- Category in a town: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/{town}/{category}
- Things to do: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/things-to-do and https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/{town}/things-to-do
- Seasonal: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/{fireworks|halloween|christmas-markets|christmas-lights|panto|new-years-eve}
- Out On Tap (pubs): https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/out-on-tap
- Pubs in a town: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/out-on-tap/{town}
- Pub category: https://larkabout.co.uk/herts/out-on-tap/{quiz-nights|live-music-pubs|sunday-roast|beer-gardens|live-sport|pubs-doing-bbq}/{town}
- Venue: https://larkabout.co.uk/venue/{slug}
- Event: https://larkabout.co.uk/event/{slug}
- Sitemap: https://larkabout.co.uk/sitemap.xml